Rail-joint.



No. 814,443. PATBNTED MAR. 6, 1906.

G. C. H. HABERMANN.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 4. 1906. I

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE C. H. HABEEMANN, OF MCKEESPORT, PENNSYLVANIA.

` RAIL-JOINT. Y

Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Patented March 6, 1906.

Application filed January 4. 1906. Serial No. 294,500.

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, GEORGE C. H. HABER- MANN, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing at McKeesport, in the county of Alleghenyand State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the .accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inrail-joints; and the invention has for its object the provision of novelmeans for retaining the confronting ends of two sections of rail inclose proximity to one another, thus permitting of the expansion andcontraction of said rails, at the same time maintaining a strong anddurable connection therebetween.

Another object of this invention is to provide a rail-j oint wherein therails forming the joints will be prevented from becoming longitudinallydisplaced, the rails also being prevented from Spreading when formingthe track by the novel construction of my improved joint.

A further object of this invention is to provide a joint which can beeasily and quickly formed by unskilled workmen, not necessitating theemployment of workmen skilled in the art of railwayconstruction.

A still further object of this invention is to form a rail-j oint whichwill be extremely simple in construction, comparatively inexpensive tomanufacture, and highly efficient for the purposes for which it is used.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in thenovel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts to behereinafter more fully described and' claimed, and, referring to thedrawings accompanying this application, like numerals of referencedesignate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which'-Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved rail-joint. Fig. 2 is anend view of the same. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on the linew @c of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the confronting ends oftwo sections of rail. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the membersof my improved rail-joint, and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of alocking-collar employed in connection with the same.

To put my invention into practice, I employ two sections of rails 1 and2, and I provide the baSe-ianges of said sections of imity to oneanother, I employ members 5 and.

6, which correspond substantially to fish plates or bars, each memberhaving a web portion 7 to 'brace the webs and heads of the rails and abase-flange portion 8, which engages the base-flanges of the rails andextends a short distance beneath their edges, as at 9. The member 6 hasits base portion provided with transverse openings 10 10, which areadapted to aline with similar openings 11 11, formed in the member 5.These openings terminate in the upper edge of the portion-9 of themembers 5 and 6, that extends under the base-Hanges of the rails, and insaid openings are mounted locking-collars 12. The openings 10 10 and 1111 are irregular in contour on account of being recessed, as at 14 14,to receive the rib 15, carried by the lockingcollar 12, said collarbeing provided with a peripheral liange 16 to limit its movement withinthe openings 10 10 and 11 11. Bolts 17 are employed in connection withthe collars 12, Said bolts passing through the alining collars andhaving their screw-threaded ends 18 provided with nuts 19 and 20, thenut 2O serving functionally as a jam or lock nut.

After the members 5 and 6 are placed in engagement with the confrontingends of the sections of rails 1 and 2 and the openings 410 10 and 11 11aline with the notches 4 4 of said rails the locking-collars 12 areplaced in the openings 10 10 and 11 11 until the ribs 15 engage withinthe notches 4 4 of the rails. As the ribs 15 also reside in the recesses14 14, the collars will be prevented from rotating. Consequently as theribs are in engagement with the notches 4 4 the rails will be preventedfrom becoming longitudinally displaced. In employing the bolts and nutsto retain the collars in their respective openings these bolts and nutsalso serve to clamp the members 5 and 6 in engagement with the rails 1and 2, and thereby prevent one rail from becoming laterally displacedrelative to the other, also prevent the ends of the rails from spreadingwhen constituting one of the rails of a track.

I preferably construct the members and 6 of my improved rail-joint ofstrong and durable metal, together with the collars thereof, whereby thejoint when completed will withstand the stresses and strains exerted IOOIIO

upon it by the rolling-stock passing over the Same.

Such changes in the construction of my improved rail-joint as arepermissible bythe appended claims may be resorted to Without departingfrom the spirit and scope ofthe invention. e

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a rail-joint, the combination With the confronting ends of tWosections of rails, the base flanges of said rails having notches formedtherein, of members adapted to embrace the web portions and base-flangesof said rails, said members having transverse openings formed therein,ribbed collars mounted in said openings and adapted to engage thenotches of said rails, bolts passing through said collars and lockingsaid members in engagement With said rails, substantially as described.

2. In a rail-joint, the combination With the confronting ends of tWosections of rails, the base flanges of said rails having notches formedtherein, of members embracing said rails, said members having transversealining openings formed therein, collars mounted in `said openings andadapted to engage in the notches of said rails, and means to retain saidcollars Within said openings, substantially as described. f

3. In combination With sections of rails, the base-flanges of said railshaving notches formed therein, of members embracing said rails, collarsmounted in said members and engaging in the notches of said rails, meansto retain said collars therein, and means to retain said members inengagement with said rails, substantially as described.

4. In combination With rails, members adapted to embrace said rails,ribbed ycollars mounted in said members and engaging said rails, andmeans to lock said collars Within said members, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I aioX my signature in the presence of tWoWitnesses.

GEORGE C. II. HABERMANN.

Witnesses:

K. H. BUTLER, A. M. WILSON.

